There is no way Microsoft is paying 2 billion for Minecraft when it has peaked long ago and makes no money outside of 'box' sales.

And scrolls sure isnt worth that money either.

Mojang = name recognition. People will buy Mojang games because it's Mojang. Which makes it worth a ton of money.

Also; just because Minecraft is a 6 year old game doesn't mean it can't bring in more money through releases and ports, or sequels and DLC.

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Originally Posted by Edge-

Though $2B is pretty damn high, even accounting for those factors.

Again; name recognition. Take Lucasfilm for example; it was bought for 4 billion even though they weren't putting out anything new and Star Wars was several decades old. And yet; it still sold 4 billion. And guess what? Disney is going to make more money off of it by making another trilogy, and no matter how bad it is; it will still get a ton of money because of name recognition.

Originally Posted by Chris Metzen

"As you can see the age of the whimsical panda sadly, is over."

Amen!

Originally Posted by Ehrenpanzer

Annnnnnd...this is the point you should be euthanized for the betterment of humanity ;p

Again; name recognition. Take Lucasfilm for example; it was bought for 4 billion even though they weren't putting out anything new and Star Wars was several decades old. And yet; it still sold 4 billion. And guess what? Disney is going to make more money off of it by making another trilogy, and no matter how bad it is; it will still get a ton of money because of name recognition.

Lucasfilm not only has a ton of patents/technology that came with it (IIRC), but it came with the Star Wars brand...Minecraft is big, but Star Wars is massive. Like, hugely massive.

The two aren't even remotely in the same ballpark in terms of recognition of Lucasfilm vs. Mojang, and Star Wars vs. Minecraft.

And really, it's totally false. Seriously? 2 billion dollars? That is a ridiculous amount. Especially when compared, like above, to the sale of Lucasfilms. That's got way more market value than Mojang will ever be, and this rumor says they're going to spend half the cost it would take to buy Lucasfilms to buy Mojang? No. Way.

Would also probably mean that... future releases would be PC exclusives. Or, more likely; Xbone exclusives (like how Halo was on PC first than was stolen from us to be sold for more on Xbox to console players).

Originally Posted by Chris Metzen

"As you can see the age of the whimsical panda sadly, is over."

Amen!

Originally Posted by Ehrenpanzer

Annnnnnd...this is the point you should be euthanized for the betterment of humanity ;p

Lucasfilm not only has a ton of patents/technology that came with it (IIRC), but it came with the Star Wars brand...Minecraft is big, but Star Wars is massive. Like, hugely massive.

The two aren't even remotely in the same ballpark in terms of recognition of Lucasfilm vs. Mojang, and Star Wars vs. Minecraft.

Well, Minecraft is the #1 selling video game of all time since June. That's about as recognizable as it gets in this industry that obsesses over sales figures. It's certainly a star wars tier juggernaut in this industry at least.

Well, Minecraft is the #1 selling video game of all time since June. That's about as recognizable as it gets in this industry that obsesses over sales figures. It's certainly a star wars tier juggernaut in this industry at least.

I saw that it was the second highest selling a few months back but remember, this is a game that is a one off purchase available on almost every imaginable platform. There's no longterm monetization of it and most of the copies are pretty cheap (not full retail $60). So while it's impressive that it's moved so many units, it's deceptive in how much revenue is generated by them. It's a lot, but not as much as it seems at first glance, especially with the lack of longterm monetization.

Minecraft is still selling loads, but I doubt the company is worth 2b to anyone at this point. Thinking they will ever make another game even 1/3rd as successful as Minecraft is a pipe dream at this point.

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Originally Posted by mistahwilshire

Well, Minecraft is the #1 selling video game of all time since June. That's about as recognizable as it gets in this industry that obsesses over sales figures. It's certainly a star wars tier juggernaut in this industry at least.

Pretty sure it's only the top selling PC game of all time. Nintendo still dominates the top of the list.

I saw that it was the second highest selling a few months back but remember, this is a game that is a one off purchase available on almost every imaginable platform. There's no longterm monetization of it and most of the copies are pretty cheap (not full retail $60). So while it's impressive that it's moved so many units, it's deceptive in how much revenue is generated by them. It's a lot, but not as much as it seems at first glance, especially with the lack of longterm monetization.